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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-24
The Market for sassafras

ats twelve years now since began to
supply the Chicago market with sassafras," /"
said Thomas Sapp, the other day. Mr.. Sapp
is tall and portly gentleman from Indiana;
his hair is gray and he wears on his chin
tuft of whiskers of the same shade ayes,
sir, I've been in this line twelve years and 1
have some customers now that had at the
first. When started out didn't have much
of a trade, but have built it up until now I
get rid of about 5000 worth year. Oh, yes,
it's pretty fair business. You see the sassa-
fras that 1 sell and that which is sold in ths
stores are two different things cut mine
when the sap is in the root, the stores get
theirs when the sap is in the boughs making
leaves. calculate that sassafras is good for
everybody. Now l come from the Terre
l&aute region and know what l am talking
about
"Sassafras has different effects upon differ
ent people. The best way to take it is to eat
little of it every day. Some folks will take
q whole bunch and chew it down at once.
That's no way. Some others will boil it
down, get the strength out of it and drink it
all at once. That's no way, neither. The
way to do is to eat it little at a time. tire
lakes the system and opens the pores, letting
the impurities pass out in that way Now
there's one man in this town that have sold
tOsfor twelve years, and from the fact that
during all that time he has been in one place
and at one desk I suspect that he's pretty
steady man. He says it does him good and 1
guess it does What does the sassafras tree look
like? Well, well, now, the sassafras tree
looks like-it looks LIKE should say that it
resembles it looks more like the black
gum than anything else that know Of It's
Il great tree. Chicago Herald
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Grains of Gold.

Song is prayer on the wing.
The child of slander is never born
toothless.
Self-love exaggerates both our faults
and our virtues.
Present unhappiness is selfish; past
sorrow is compassionate.
Tears sprinkled across life's high way
| settle the dust or sorrow.
In youth one has tears without grief
in age grief without tears.
The man who never committed folly
never appreciated wisdom.
You can outlive SANDER in half the
time you can outargue it.
A train of pure thoughts will only run
on the track of of a well-graded mind.
What is love? Two souls and one
body. Friendship?-Two bodies and
one soul.
Wha' people often denominate sea
of trouble is simply notion of dyspep.
tic ideas.
Without the guiding power of reason
there is not virtue which cannot be
exaggerated into vice.
There is nothing so necessary as me-
cessity. Without it mankind would
have ceased to exist ages ago.
The fuller conceptions We gain of the
true meaning of justice, the more we
shall enter into its spirit, and the more
its spirit will actuate our lives.
A large part of self.culture lie depend
ent upon the use that Is mrde of th-
busiest and most closely filled hours
This is the same in every honest calling,
whatever its nature.
Everthing which thwarts Justice,
weakens trust. creates suspicion, and af-
fiicts the innocent, bears heavily up0n
every member of the community. Its
injury is not confined to the immediate
victims-it extends to all.
1t is not perhaps much thought OF. bu,
1t is certainly very important lesson
to learn how to enjov ordinary life. and
TO be able to relish your being without
the transport of some passion or pratifi-
cation Of some appetite.
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The Garden.

1t is time that work should be well
under way here in many departments.
but this does not mean that large field
plow should be brought in TO ruin the
work that the good wife and boys have
already done in preparing the ground
for the early peas. beans, radishes and
onions. The prevailing practice of tear
ing up the subsoil of two-thirds of the
little kitchen garden and tramping the
remaining oDe-third out of a month 8
growth should be abandoned. Some
farmers imagine that having done this
much at some conveninet though often
unsuitable time each spring, their duty
to the garden is done, and after few
years practice their gardens are of little
USE Too often they plow round and
round, throwing the soil from the cen.
ter, which becomes barren spot in hot
weather and pond after each rain.
Where the garden is large enough TO
Justify the introduction of team the
plow should be started in the middle
and all burrows turned IN, thus assist
ing the drai mage and adding to the fer
tility. Care should be taken not to turn
too much of the suhs"il on top Tn"
deeper and richer the real soil the better
in many respects: hut Ia turn tn the top
tor the support OF vegetabl tw" inches
of clod aud clay hard nan is worse than
useless. If The garden is plowed early.
TO be planted at different times during
season, it requires almost as much work
to loosen the soil after standing month
as if it had not beer turned over at all,
so that when the work of plowipg and
preparing the sol! is done by the same
person he will soon learn THAI little or
nothing is gained by taking team into
a small garden. He will prefer to use
the spade or spade-fork. as he plows and
prepares the ground at the same time.
In applying fertilizers it is waste to use
coarse, unrotted manure; it will coDtin
ually interfere with cultivation and will
add but little to the production of The
soil Fine, we'll composted manure, well
worked in, may he used TO advantage on
the whole surface. but the elements re
quired by particular vegetables -can be
best applied in the form of artificial fer
tiliZerS.-Stockman.
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ELECTION IN BRITISH HONDURAS.
A Day OF Much Rejoicing-A Big Feast,
Music and Dancing.

A Day of Much Rejoicing-A Big Feast,
Music and Dancing.
Election day is celebrated with much re-
joicing, just as it used TO be before Europeans
came TO America. The Spanish chroniclers
tell us that it was then customary for those
going QUITO office to give a banquet to their
successors, and at the present time the au-
thorities of those villages always spread a
banquet election day. The entire repast is
placed on the table at once, except the tor
tillas. Fresh supplies of these are brought
steaming hot to the table every few minutes
Only men take part in this feast of the poll
ticians and boys wait on them In the even
ing the hall is cleared for dancing; then the
women AMI girls appear. They are dressed
with colored embroidery and have bright
colored scarfs around their shoulders. Bulk
seems to be their idea of elegance, for each
has several very full skirts, all stif1y starched
Their gold ornaments, earrings, necklaces
and finger rings are very numerous-made
from ore found in their native SOIL Some of
the girls are beautiful, though all are short
in stature like the men.
The musical instrument most used by these
people is the marimba, played after the man
ner of dulcimer, but made of wood and
are plaintive, sweet and melodious 1t can
be heard at long distance in the still night
air.
The women sit around the room, but the
men stand in groups. When the dancing IS
to commence one of them only advances to
the middle of the floor and mods to the woman
he desires for partner. She leaves her seat
end goes to face him, standing few feet off.
fhey perform a jig, hardly moving their bod
les, though the steps are varied and rapid;
occasionally they exchange places, but never
clasp hands. Without even looking at her
partner, the woman returns to her. seat when
the fancy takes her, and he, without chang
ing his position invites some one else by
nod, for he is expected to remain on foot till
the music ceases. Then another takes his
place; so dancing is kept up till midnight,
all conducting themselves with the greatest
decorum. but merry peals of laughter ara
heard now and again. and every one seems
perfectly happy, chatting gayly as they wend
their way homeward in the soft moonlight
Ger. Home Journal
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Fishing for False Teeth.

"What do we do with man who has swal-
lowed his false teeth?" repeated Washington
boulevard physician with a merry laugh.
"Fish for 'em, my boy, fish for EN- Howl
A very unique way, 1 can assure you. False
teeth usually lodge in the asophagus. We
take the So uTerer and lay him on his back
Then we optn his mouth and drop delicate
rubber hook down his throat. This hook is
attached to the end of silken cord, and is
facilitated in accomplishing its errand by
small piece OF silver which is fastened near
the barb and serves as 'sinker' A delicate
contrivence at the emo of the cord tells you
when the hook meets with any resistance.
After angling Tor a short time the expert at
the business is bound to get bite from the
teeth, providing, Of course, they have not
fallen into the sufferers stomach, and then
the work of hauling them out begins. This
Is a rather delicate task, but if the fisherman
knows what he is about land he does, you
know, there is little to fear. 1t is very
pretty experiment, but, happily, there is little
demand for its practice. Chicago Herald.
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Spoiled His Endowment

The other evening, as the audience at the
California gradually awoke and began to
pass out for drink between acts, one of the
noble army Of unemployed actors now en-
gagged in propping up the Kearney street
cigar stores said to another with a yawn,
"Well, how does this strike you, NedY" at
reminds me Of a little incident during barn
storming trip / took with the 'Strickly Bust
ness Company" said the other "You see,
business got so internal bad we had to camp
out up near Vacaville. One morning we
missed Bishop and hunted for him every
where. After while we found him snoring
away under tree surrounded by flock Of
geese, who were kissing at him vigorously.
We woke up the alleged comedian. Great
Scott, boysP he said, why didn't you let me
. alone. was just dreaming that was play
ing to full house for once. '"-San Francisco
Wash
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ONE DAY.

The empty house is sad, and dark and
still,
But by the shore and DER the fair. green
bill,
hear the echoing laugh and voices
OF little ones at play.
And sitting lonely thus l watch the
glow
The grand sunsetting-ah. We loved it 80.
When, in its light, we met so long ago
We met and kissed one day.
look along the road-no shadow falls;
My heart beats fast, but still no fond
voice cills-
Only a rustic in the dim, wide balls
Where ghostly curtains sway.
If from their depths you should come
forth to night,
And, touching mouth and eyes with
kisses light.
Could heal my wounds and give me life
aud sight,
What would dare to say?
Could l dare to tell thee of the weary
Bereft of joy, the eyes grown dim with
tears.
The fainting heart bowed down with
bitter fears?
This only ronld say.
Orly the four fond words, Il love thee
stillp
With all woman's dover of strrrgth
and will,
While life shall last. while purses thr"n
and thrill.
love thee. as that day.
Ab,me! no whisper wakes. nu kisses fall.
Only the shadows ill tie dark -yIux hall ;
Thou art at rest, and |. IN Lilies sad
thrall,
Must work, and weep. and pray.
When all the long. sad years have past
me. rolled
Shall silver locks shipe once again as
gold,
Shall | be young who have grown tired
and old,
When shall we meet-One day
Mary Riddell COrley.
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A Queer Bundle of Mail.

"We caught the mail In dead earnest the
other day" said a mail agent on the Northern
Pacific road. "One of the small places where
we cate a bag is between Bozeman and Bill
lings, NJ. I. About three weeks ago the man
who works the hook on the car saw what he
supposed to be mail bag suspended from the
arm of the scaffold at the latter town in uues-
tion We were running pretty fast, consider
ing the hard wheeling, and it took us but
jiffy to grasp the dangling sack 1t fell upon
the floor of the car like log A glance at
the bundle was sufficient to satisfy us that it
contained something more solid than letters
Or papers. The sack was ripped open and out
rolled the dead body of mana man with
red beard and heavy, shaggy eyebrows. The
body was frozen stiff, it having hung all
night from the arm of the scaffold. There
were three bullet holes in the mans breast.
two more through his neck and one in each
leg. Pinned on the left side of the dead
mans coat was piece of brown paper, which
bore these words:
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Who is the Great Man9

1t is not the habit of people to suppose that
d great merchant OF financier ranks with
general who has won battles, but it not un-
commonly happens that the general is mere
granny outside of his profession, and that
even the battles to which he owes his celebrity
were won as much by accident as by skillful
design. As to the display of courage called
for by war, tits not greater than men engaged
in the life saving service, firemen and engi-
neers and the police force are constantly
called upon to exercise. While it is not un-
natural that commanders of the first rank
should be admired, it is certain that there is
a good deal of vulgar and unnecessary toady-
ism to epaulets in general. Commonplace
military officers won't compare with good
mechanics in very many admirable traits,
and they cut too wide a swath socially
Pittsburg Chronicle.
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The Harvest l Never S0wed.

dreamed, that little meadow
Was giv'n to me by the Lord.
For thoughts to blossom like daisies,
That dapple the dewg sod.
And in that glorious harvest,
My deeds were the golden grain;
Twas wet by my fearful sorrows,
Ard reaped by the sickle-pain.
And Workout he was the farmer.
And Duty his helpmeet true;
And Hope was the little lantern
That cheered us the long night through
And when in the eve, sweet Fancy
Was winding her mellow horn,
Come startled, my cares outfiitting
Like ravcOs, from midst the corn.
And oft in my twilight visions
l see that field of my dreams;-
Far up in the sky's blue meadow
1t glistens with golden CLEANS.
But never can Reaper gather,
And never the grain be moved;
Alasi in that field, shines only
The Harvest never sowedl
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New York COachmen and Footmen.

1t is getting to that pass that you can dis
tinguish the degree of social standing Of a
person who keeps coach by the size of the
capes the coachman and footman wear These
extraordinary articles of parade uniform be-
gan modestly enough. They were simply big
enough to make the wearers look odd. Now
they have assumed the dimensions ascribed
by the western wit to the Chicago girls shoes,
which he describes as number ones-one hide
to each foot The first capes imported into
this county were on the shoulders of some
of the ballet girls Of an English comic opera
troupe. Since the fashion invaded the stable
the stage has scornfully discarded it.
In an uptown outfitter's you may find a
gradatory collection Of bearskin capes for
coachmen. They are displayed upon wire
dummies. The family coachman's size leaves
just room for him to peep over the furry
mound in front of bin at his horses ears The
sizes adapted to second coachmen allows the
nose to become visible. The capes for coupe
and hanson drivers give a view of the
mouth. No capes as small as these are, how
ever, tolerated in private families with any
pretentions to gentility.
came upon a footman one cold morning
recently, standing like a petrification at a
coach door. He wore cape that spread out
like family umbrella. The tip of his nose
was blue, however, and the moisture of
misery was in his eye A rude, small boy
knocked his hat off with SNOWFALL and
jeered ut him. As his cape prevented his
seeing the hat when he stopped, picked it
up for him, and, after he had thanked me,
remarked that he loofed comfortable in his
furry garniture.
II feel like judy, anyhow" he replied.
@If knew the fellow that invented them,
rdn-
A lady came out ot TIE shop and he went
on duty like machine, but with murder in
his heart, if his eyes did not lie.-Alfred
Trumble in New York News
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All trains daily except Sunday.
Pullmen's Palace BUFFET or Hotel Sleep
Ing Cars through without change from ets1-
benville east 10 Philadelphia and New York;
west 10 Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Cht~
oogo. Indianapolis and 1t. Louis.
For through tickets. baggage ohscks, slssp-
ing car accommodations, ana any further inN
form stien, apply to JOHN g. TOHLINsON,
Tickst Agent at Panhandle station, foot OF
Eleventh street. or .; city ticket once, under
koLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES NcCREA,
Manager, PittsbufKh.
3. A. FORD,
Genr Pas. and Tkt Ag't, Pittsbui gh, Pz.
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ChOkinQ Catarrh.

Have you awakened from disturbed sleep with
all the horrible sensations of assassin clutching
your throat and pressing the ife-breath from youI
debility that succeed the effort to clear your throat
and head OF this catarrhal matter? What depress-
ing influence it exerts upon the mind elouding the
memory and filling the head with pains and strange
noisesl How difficult it is to rid the nasal passages
throat and lungs of this poisonous mucus all can
testify who are afflicted wi tn catarrh. How difficult
to protect the system against its further progress
towards the lungs liver and kidneys, all physicians
will admit. 1t is terrible disease and cries out for
relief and cure.
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This Is a horse thief
q tSnatoh him, I,oI1baadod /,

"That was the queerest piece of mail matter
we ever caught. We took the corpse to Bill
ings, where we turned it over to the coroner.
l suppose the fellow had been caught stealing
horses and shot on the spot They have a
cheerful way out in that country of forward
ing an objectionable corpse to a neighboring
own."-Chicago Herald
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q From the bench and the counter, and
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ALI trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Uheleland for Wheeling at u 10
m IL 10 pm, arriving at t3 p m and 55 am.
E. A FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Ag't, Pittsburgh. Pa
JAMES McCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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senator st.n,ord,s Un,v.rs,tv.

Senator Stanford's university in California
will bs open to young women as well as young
men, and all the laboratories and libraries
will be used by the two sexes in common, and
it is his intention to see that his bright young
professors are not overburdened by under
graduata teaching -Harners Razar
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Time table for east and west corrected TO
Jan 81, 1851. Trains leave Pan>HRndle sta =
tiOn, Wheeling, feot OF Eleventh street, near
public lRnding-Central Standard time
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How they Dress in Japan.

The japanese are complaining that the
comic opera "Mikado" has sent Japan back
twenty years in the popular opinion and es-
TEEN. The Japanese have not worn oriental
costumes for fully that length of time. The
Mikado dresses like any English or American
gentleman, and SO do all of his subjects, ex-
cept such of the extreme lower classes who
are too poor to afford to buy modern clothes.
Upou great court occasions the oriental spirit
comes out in gay colors and a superabund-
ance of gold and jewels, but cut and design
are European.-Chicago Herald.
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Sleeping cara on sill through trains between
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Wheeling. Columbus and Cincinnati.
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Condenced timetable OF PASSENGER trains
corrected to Jan. 81, 81, Central Standard Time.
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